Briefing
How are lawyers affected by defending death penalty cases, where failure means execution? And how do they respond when their clients are killed? This briefing paper, written by Susannah Sheffer and drawing on her book Fighting for their lives, showcases the voices of the lawyers themselves to demonstrate the profound and long-lasting impacts that the […]
Languages: Arabic, English, Russian
External Resource
For a selection of recommended international resources on the abolition of the death penalty and humane alternative sanctions, see below. International Commission against the Death Penalty, How states abolish the death penalty, 2013 Amnesty International, Death sentences and executions, 2013 International Commission against the Death Penalty, The death penalty and the “most serious crimes”: A […]
Languages: English
Multimedia
To celebrate PRI’s 25th anniversary, on 25 April 2014 PRI welcomed Vicky Pryce, author of Prisonomics inspired by her own experience serving time in the British penal system, Olawale Fapohunda, Attorney General of Ekiti state, Nigeria, and Rob Allen, criminal justice expert and PRI associate to dicuss ‘If prison doesn’t work, what does?’. Watch a […]
Languages: English
Submission
Ahead of the expected debate and resolution in the UN General Assembly on a worldwide moratorium on the use of the death penalty, the UN Secretary-General is preparing a report on the issue. PRI submitted a joint report with its partner in Uganda, the Foundation for Human Rights Initiative (FHRI), detailing the status of death […]
Languages: English
Report
Over 2,000 people were interviewed for this survey on the death penalty in in four districts of Tajikistan. The survey was carried out by the NGO, Nota Bene, in 2013, funded by a small grants programme run as part of PRI’s EU-funded programme on the progressive abolition of the death penalty. Key findings include that […]
Languages: English, Russian
Briefing
(Альтернативы лишению свободы в законодательстве Казахстана, Кыргызстана и Таджикистана) This Factsheet outlines the alternatives to imprisonment at pre-trial and sentencing stages envisaged in the legislation of Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan and makes a number of recommendations for reform, in particular measures to introduce probation services. This paper has been produced under the project Humanisation of […]
Languages: English, Russian
Report
Last year, PRI and our partner organisation Bangladesh Legal Aid and Services Trust (BLAST) conducted research into the development and use of probation in Bangladesh. Findings and recommendations from the research previously formed the basis of discussions at a seminar on increasing the use of probation in Bangladesh held by PRI and BLAST in Dhaka in December, and […]
Languages: English
Briefing
The death penalty is retained for terrorism offences in many countries, but how does it conform with international standards? The global community has had much to say about both terrorism and capital punishment; this paper brings together the key arguments to identify the appropriate state responses in the face of terrorism.
Languages: Arabic, English
Submission
This submission to the UN’s annual update on the death penalty details developments in ten PRI project countries.
Languages: English